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Te Umanibong (also Te Umwanibong [1]) or the Kiribati Cultural Museum, or Kiribati Museum and Cultural Centre, is a museum in Bikenibeu on the atoll of Tarawa in Kiribati It displays artefacts and other items of cultural and historic significance.
Kiribati (/ ˈ k ɪr ɪ b æ s / ⓘ KIRR-i-bass, [10] Gilbertese:), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati), [11] [12] [3] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, and more than half live on Tarawa atoll.
There is a celebration after a baby is born in Kiribati culture called ‘bwaka ni buto’. It is when the umbilical cord is cut. [4] There are special items created by women such as a 'te inaai', a woven mat, garlands for the parents 'te itera' and a bracelet for the baby. The ceremony involves dancing and feasting. [4]
This is a list of all of the islands of Kiribati. The Republic of Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one raised coral island. These islands are dispersed throughout the three island groups that form Kiribati: Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, Line Islands. All the Phoenix Islands are unihabited except for one island, the sparsely populated ...
President of Kiribati List of presidents of the United States Term end July 1, 1981: July 10, 1981: Atanraoi Baiteke: Atanraoi Baiteke, OBE (1979 Birthday Honours) was Secretary General of the South Pacific Commission 1989–1993, Kiribati's first Secretary for Foreign Affairs [1] Ieremia Tabai: Ronald Reagan: May 19, 2014: May 21, 2014 ...
Only around 300 people remain on Banaba. Despite being part of Kiribati, Banaba's municipal administration is by the Rabi Council of Leaders and Elders, which is based on Rabi Island, in Fiji. In 2006, Teitirake Corrie, the Rabi Island Council's representative to the Parliament of Kiribati, called for Banaba to secede from Kiribati and join Fiji.
Fiji Hindi; Føroyskt; ... Pages in category "Kiribati" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The coat of arms of Kiribati, officially known as the National Emblem of Kiribati, is the heraldic symbol representing the Central Pacific island nation of Kiribati.The arms feature a golden-coloured lesser frigatebird [a] over a rising sun on a red background among white and blue stripes (symbol of the Pacific) and the 3 pairs of stripes represent the three archipelagos of the nation (Gilbert ...